Do you know about the Pink Socks Tribe? #PinkSocks

Pink Socks

Do you know about the Pink Socks Tribe? #PinkSocks Do you know about the Pink Socks Tribe? #PinkSocks Have you ever come across someone, maybe a healthcare practitioner, wearing a pair of pink socks with black mustaches on them?  If you have, did you start seeing more and more of this pattern? The goal today … Read more

What is your optimal workout mix? A Call to Action

Girl Talk - Greg Gillis

What is your optimal workout mix? A Call to Action   So being a designated as Franchise Player for Team #MQuattro in this #SummerOfMove #FreeTheYoke Competition has sparked an old hobby of mine: Crafting the perfect workout play list. I used to listen to all music all the time, but in my older age, I … Read more

Condiment King: Whole30 Compliant Teriyaki Sauce

Teriyaki Sauce

Condiment King: Whole30 Compliant Teriyaki Sauce So for anybody who knows me well, you know that I LIVE for condiments. Ketchup (I used to be a Heinz or die snob), mustard, mayo, ranch dressing, honey mustard, teriyaki sauce, you name it, I would find a way to incorporate it into my meal. I still have … Read more

Is Yoga a Sport (Is Wrestling a Sport?)

DDP Yoga

Is Yoga a Sport (Is Wrestling a Sport?) My 5 year old (soon to be six she will remind me…often) daughter has taken to yoga this year as the one sport (activity? thing?) she actually enjoys. She is surprisingly pretty good at yoga. I enjoy going and watching her partake in the yoga classes, but … Read more

Are you sick of being sick? #Freetheyoke #SummerOfMOVE

Wellfie Wednesday: Lupus

Are you sick of being sick? #Freetheyoke #SummerOfMOVE Are you sick of being sick? Then you may just have to move a little more than you are already moving. Mike Eisenhart is the brilliant mind behind the #FreeTheYoke / #SummerOfMOVE ideology supported by The Academy Of Prevention and Health Promotion Therapies (APHPT). He spoke at … Read more

Did you know your dog can get physical therapy?

Puppy PT

Did you know your dog can get physical therapy? I never had a dog growing up. It wasn’t that I didn’t want a dog, I just never really wanted to take care of a dog, and clean up the messes, and walk around the neighborhood waiting for this thing to take a dump. Fast forward … Read more

What The Grateful Dead Can Teach You In The Clinic

Grateful Mets

What The Grateful Dead Can Teach You In The Clinic Little known fact about me, I was a College Radio DJ. Yes, I sat up in the booth and spun vinyl (well, mostly CDs in my day, but a few records) and I listened to it all. I was a variety hour (or two) show … Read more

New Season, Same Old Mets: #thingshealthierthanthemets

Injured Mets

New Season, Same Old Mets: #thingshealthierthanthemets The Mets beat the Braves last night 16-5 and it they had NO HOME RUNS!!! The team that usually lives and dies by the home run, won big without a home run. However, one thing that has not changed is the injuries. Stephen Matz is still out, Cespedes pulled … Read more

Do you know who Lev Vygotsky is? Here is a hint: Think Soviet Psychologist

Vygotsky Zone of Proximal Development

Do you know who Lev Vygotsky is? Odds are you know who he is, but you don’t know you know. He was a Soviet psychologist who lived from 1896 – 1934 and the founder of cultural-historical psychology theory. Most of Vygotsky’s notable work was in developmental psychology. Vygotsky proposed a theory of higher psychological functions … Read more